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Charlotte Hornets: Don’t Panic Over Nets Loss

By John Woodcock

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The Charlotte Hornets experienced a phenomenon rather common to NBA teams last night. They had nothing left for the second game of a back-to-back. The Hornets poured out everything in the double-overtime loss to the Memphis Grizzlies Friday, and so they were toyed with by the inferior Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.

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This kind of thing is why Adam Silver has mentioned rearranging the NBA schedule by cutting out half the preseason games and starting the NBA regular season one week earlier. That would not eliminate back-to-backs, but it would stretch them out.

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Look at what happened to Kemba Walker in one night. Walker is the number two scoring engine of the Hornets. If he has the ball, then you believe something can happen. Against Memphis, Walker scored 28 points and played 45 minutes. He shot 11-21 from the field and 4-7 from the three point line. Those are good numbers over a draining amount of time.

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    • Now look at Walker against the Nets, 3 of 11 from the field. 1 of 4 from the three point line over 26 minutes. He was gassed. That meant more Brian Roberts, who played well, and even eight minutes of Jannero Pargo. Yet Kemba was not there to be the second option.
    Al Jefferson also saw his production go down from 16 points and 9 rebounds against Memphis to 8 points and five rebounds against the Nets.

    The point is that anyone who saw the Hornets look hapless against the Nets should not yet jump ship on the season. This particular case was the Hornets going to the limit in game 1 of a back-to-back and paying for it on the second night.

    The Hornets play LeBron and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night. Once again they will be able go to the limit. Let’s see what happens then.

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